Quick Definition
κριτής, ου, ὁ n.m. a judge
Strong's Definition
a judge (genitive case or specially)
Derivation: from G2919 (κρίνω);
KJV Usage: judge
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -οῦ | κρίνω
56.28 · Courts and Legal Procedures · Judge, Condemn, Acquit
judge one who presides over a court session and pronounces judgment
MAT 5:25 · MAT 5:25 · MAT 12:27 · LUK 11:19 · LUK 12:14 · LUK 12:58 · LUK 12:58 · LUK 18:2 · LUK 18:6 · ACT 10:42 · ACT 13:20 · ACT 18:15 · ACT 24:10 · 2TI 4:8 · HEB 12:23 · JAS 2:4 · JAS 4:11 · JAS 4:12 · JAS 5:9
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κριτής, -0v, ὁ, (κρίνω), [fr. Aeschyl. and Hdt. down], Sept. chiefly for wav; a judge; 1. univ. one who passes, or arrogates to himself, judgment on anything: w. gen. of the object, Jas. iv. 11; w. gen. of quality (see διαλογισμός, 1), Jas. ii. 4; in a forensic sense, of the one who tries and decides a case [cf. δικαστής, fin.]: Mt. v. 25; Lk. xii. 14 LT Tr WH, 58; [xviii. 2]; w. gen. of quality [cf. B. § 132, 10; W. § 34, 3b.], τῆς ἀδικίας, Lk. xviii. 6; w. gen. of the object (a thing), an arbiter, Acts xviii. 15; of a Roman procurator administering justice, Acts xxiv. 10; of God passing judgment on the character and deeds of men, and rewarding accordingly, Heb. xii. 23; Jas. iv. 12; also of Christ returning to sit in judgment, Acts x. 42; 2 Tim. iv. 8; Jas. v. 9; in a peculiar sense, of a person whose conduct is made the standard for judging another and convicting him of wrong: w. gen. of the object (a pers.), Mt. xii. 27; Lk. xi. 19. 2. like the Hebr. 05, of the leaders or rulers of the Israelites: Acts xiii. 20 (Judg. 11. 16,18 sq.; Ruth i. 1; Sir. x. 1 sq. 24, etc.).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κριτής kritēs 19x
a judge, Mt. 5:25; from the Hebrew, a magistrate, ruler, Acts 13:20; 24:10
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κριτής, -οῦ, ὁ
(< κρίνω), [in LXX chiefly for שֹׁפַט;]
a judge: Mt 5:25, Lk 12:14, 58 18:2; τ. ἀδικίας, Lk 18:6; c. gen. rei (obj.), Ac 18:15, Ja 4:11; (qual.), διαλογισμῶν πονηρῶν, Ja 2:4; of a Roman procurator, Ac 24:10; of God, He 12:23, Ja 4:12; Christ, Ac 10:42, II Ti 4:8, Ja 5:9; of those whose conduct is made a standard for judging, Mt 12:27, Lk 11:19; in the OT sense (Jg 2:16, Ru 1:1, al), of a ruler in Israel, Ac 13:20.†
SYN.: δικάστης, q.v.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κριτής is used of one designated by the Prefect to the office of “judge,’’ as in P Oxy IX. 1195! (A.D. 135) ᾿Απολλωνίωι κριτῆι δοθέντι ὑπὸ Ilerpwvfov Μαμερτείνου τοῦ κρατίστου ἡγεμόνος : it is also applied to this same Prefect himself in z6. IV. 726° (A.D. 135). Cf. also 24. I. 975 (A.D. 115-6) ἐπί τε πάσης ἐξουσίας καί παντὸς κριτοῦ. For the “ technical-political” sense of the word, as frequently in the LXX, Wackernagel (Hellenzstica, p. 11) cites OGIS 4671° éntλεκτον κριτὴν ἐκ τῶν ἐν Ῥώμῃ δεκουριῶν, compared with 76. 499° τῶν ἐκλέκτων ἐν Ρώμῃ δικαστῶν, both ii/a.D. inserr. from Asia Minor.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κριτής (kritēs) — judge. κρῐτ-ής, οῦ, ὁ, vocative [Refs 6th c.BC+]: (κρίνω):—judge, umpire, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τῶν ἀληθῶν, opposed to δοξαστής, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; at Athens, usually of the judges in the poetic contests, [LXX+5th c.BC+] Latin judex datus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] judex selectus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. κ. ἐνυπνίων interpreter of dreams, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. κριτάς· ὀδόντας, [Refs 5th c.AD+]